Fencers Sweep Brandeis Invitational

Dec 05, 2009

WALTHAM, Mass. -- Women's
fencing saw a great start to their intercollegiate season this
weekend with a sweep at the Brandeis Invitational. It was the first
meet this year in which fencers competed as a team. The Bulldogs
beat hosts Brandeis as well as Boston College, MIT, North Carolina
and St. John's.

The team
improved against all competitors it faced last year, and added a
victory against newcomer North Carolina. Things look good for the
Bulldogs as they approach their next meets. At last year’s
event, the women went 3-1. They topped Boston College, Brandeis and
MIT but fell to a St. John’s team that eventually took sixth
at NCAAs that year.

Against
Brandeis this year, the team won 18-9. They won all three events:
sabre (5-4), foil (6-3) and epee (7-2). Last year’s victory
against Brandeis was far narrower, by only 14-13.

Fencing
against MIT, Yale took a 21-6 victory. Comparatively, last
year’s victory was with a score of 16-11. The Bulldogs won
all three events: sabre (7-2), foil (5-4) and epee (9-0).

Yale
took down Boston College, 19-8. Here, again, the Bulldogs won each
event: sabre (6-3), foil (5-4) and epee (8-1). Last year, Yale
fencers won by a score of 14-10.

Against
newcomers North Carolina, Yale won a close 15-12 victory. They
dropped one weapon to North Carolina, foil, in a score of 3-6. They
carried sabre (6-3) and epee (6-3) to give them the overall
win.

The
biggest challenge of the day was, no doubt, the rematch against St.
John’s. Last year, the Bulldogs fell by a score of 11-16.
This year they came back to win in an incredible close match:
14-13. Yale took the
sabre by an impressive 7-2, but fell in foil (4-5) and epee (3-6).
The points added up in the Bulldog’s favor to give them the
win.